What are little crows made of?
I was talking on the phone to the disembodied voice who works for the garbage pickup service.
“hi, look; I have this dead crow — actually, two — out on the street and it’s really gross…”
Dead silence.
“… can I yard waste them?”
The voice took on a faintly pitying tone.
“Ma’am, crows aren’t yard waste. They aren’t recyclable, you know.”
I got annoyed.
“Look, it’s in your pamphlet, under Yard Waste. It says “meat and fish scraps (including bones)”, so why can’t I yard waste them?”
She put me on hold, went and checked, and came back and told me to double bag them and throw them in with the regular garbage. I wanted to argue and tell her that one was showing bones already, but I gave in and hung up.
But WHY can’t I yard waste my crows?
Because you’re supposed to call Public Health Seattle-King County and report them. They may have West Nile, since that kills crows disproportionately.
That’s weird they allow mean and fish, since that attracts rats and other meat loving creatures to the compost.
They dont allow meat and fish in yard waste-
http://tinyurl.com/mvj7e I didnt see anything about including bones, so perhaps you were looking at something outdated?
You can donate dead birds to the Burke Museum on the UW campus. They become part of their Ornithology Collection. But I think it would depend on how badly flattened they are.
I think now is a good time to remind people I live in Bellevue. Here’s the list I go by.
http://rabanco.com/collection/bellevue/residential/preparing_debris.aspx
Sorry! I had no idea you could compost meat. In the section on composting on that site, they say don’t put meat, fish or dairy into your compost (if composting at home). I wonder if the city compost separates it out or has a way of keeping rats etc out.
I don’t know if the city separates it out or somehow guards against rats, but I’m starting to get curious about why Seattle and Bellevue have different rules. I may eventually get curious enough to call the disembodied voice back and ask…